Demographic and Socio- Economic Attributes as Determinants of Information and Communication Technology Use for Scholarly Communication in Nigerian Universities

Authors

Alice M. Okore, University of Nigeria - NsukkaFollow

Date of this Version

5-2011

Document Type

Article

Comments

Published in Library Philosophy and Practice (2011) 9 p.

Abstract

This paper seeks to determine the influence demographic / socio-economic attributes ( rank, years of experience and gender) have on information and communication technology use for scholarly communication. One research question and two hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted ex-post facto research design and utilized a questionnaire to generate data. Data was analyzed using mean, chi-square and analysis of variance. Findings revealed, among others, a positive relationship between years of experience and level of ICT use (P=.03 < 0.05). Rank and gender had no significant influence on ICT use for scholarly communication. The paper recommends training and retraining of senior academics in the use of ICT so as to make them compete favourably with the middle and junior academics. Further investigation should be carried out to find other factors that are responsible for rank not having any significant influence on ICT use for scholarly communication. Gender should not constitute any impediment to appointment of female academics to leadership positions that are technologically biased.